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Oral history interview of a Seattle Jewish community member in which he describes his parents' experiences in Eastern Europe and how a 1906 program in their city of Ekaterinaslav led to immigration. The family came to Seattle in 1907, Irving was born 1909, and then they moved to Tacoma for a few years before finally settling in Seattle in 1916. Mr. Anches talks about his father's businesses, from peddling to second hand clothing stores to military surplus stores following World War I. Irving and his father began buying real estate in 1936 and Mr. Anches speaks of his successes. He also speaks of his own religious education and his family's devotion to Bikur Cholim Congregation

Oral history interview, photographs and papers. In the interview, Eva Deutsch talks about early memories in Plotsk, Poland hiding from searchers and being smuggled out of Russia, and early memories in Texas. The Alaska Yukon Exposition attracted them to Seattle where she was grateful for the Settlement House, and Mrs. Schwartz who inspired her love of sewing. She speaks about Mrs. Nathan Degginger, Mrs. Brill, and Mrs. Eckstein from the Settlement House, Congregation Herzl Ner Tamid, her husband's business and other topics. Eva is a member of the Esfeld family, the sister of Sol Esfeld